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Haze:
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--- Quote from: IAmDotorg on December 08, 2014, 07:57:31 am --- :blah: :blah: :blah: :blah: :blah:
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I think my eyes just permanently rolled into the back of my head.
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Why? Letter of the law says he's right. I mean, it's not a grey area. The issue is whether or not anyone ENFORCES it. :dunno
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yeah, seems some people on this forum don't like it when the correct advice is given..
for the latest consoles etc. it DOES get enforced, because Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo want to be able to be able to charge game stores and events for running demo units, expecting their machines to be displayed in a certain way.
Unfortunately the games industry has very much followed the movie / music industry in the worst ways possible.
Having a PC on location is no easier either, you'll need to make sure the OS license permits it, and any other software that is running on the PC, it gets messy quickly, and the people who do software audits are great at picking up on the most obscure thing you never really even use so you'd probably want to avoid Windows completely as not to make their life easier.
pbj:
--- Quote from: AndyWarne on December 08, 2014, 11:10:19 am ---Different manufacturers have different attitudes to enforcement of their copyright. Nintendo are the firmest.
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"are the firmest"? They allow open sale of multiboards on every major retail website.
--- Quote ---Disney, for "Wreck-it Ralph" (which I had some involvement in) asked various companies for permission to use their characters, Nintendo refused which is why Nintendo characters such as Mario dont appear in the movie.
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::)
https://www.google.com/search?q=nintendo+characters+in+wreck+it+ralph&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb
Cool story, bro.
--- Quote from: Haze on December 08, 2014, 11:23:14 am ---yeah, seems some people on this forum don't like it when the correct advice is given..
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Ah, so your 'lawyer' is an expert on Finnish copyright law. Sweet.
:cheers:
yotsuya:
Nothing finer than when he goes the full PBJ. >:D
pbj:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on December 08, 2014, 11:55:58 am ---Nothing finer than when he goes the full PBJ. >:D
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Meh, I'm out. "You probably shouldn't do it, but nothing will happen if you do" sums up anything of value anyone has had to say in this thread.
:cheers:
IAmDotorg:
--- Quote from: pbj on December 08, 2014, 11:36:09 am ---
Ah, so your 'lawyer' is an expert on Finnish copyright law. Sweet.
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Finland is part of the EU, and EU is a signatory of the WIPO Copyright Treaty. The US DMCA is the US's implementation of its signing of the WCT, and the legal basis of the two are nearly identical, other than some copyright term extension differences in the US.
And in either case, its not a question of copyright law, its a question of contract law, and you can be sure the important bits of both are enforceable on the singular basis that software companies are willing to do business in Finland.
But clearly you, with no experience in either copyright or contract law, or software licensing, or owning a business, or licensing litigation have an opinion you seem to want to ram down people's throats that is demonstrably wrong, and when you're called on it you call back on statements like that, which are also demonstrably irrelevant.
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